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nimble ginkgo
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true i think i could do with just small adjustments then to make it quieter if the energy usage really isn't that much

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and maybe treat myself to a new sleak case 🙂

boreal oar
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well HA devices are expensive so you may want to allocate your funds to that since that's the hobby..

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park the PC in a closet somewhere out of site

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sight

nimble ginkgo
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oh yeah you're right my psu is bronze TX750

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does anyone know if ring cameras/doorbells devices are planned to be upgradeable to matter? is that even possible?

thick oriole
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Get you something like a refurbished elitedesk 800 g2 mini with an i5 they use only barely under 10W idleing. And they‘re quite cheap

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If you want to keep your pc,remove the hardware like the graphics card, try a pico psu, and try some undervolting

tender aurora
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anyone using the fibaro smoke sensors here?

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i have an issue with one of my sensors triggering the "smoke detected" sensor

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though smoke severity is 0% and smoke duration is 0s, so obviously a false positive

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this has happened twice in a few hours

subtle burrow
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Im looking for some nice smoke and carbon monoxide sensors, which ones are recommended?

zealous dune
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nice?

winged knoll
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Pretty ones that when there's smoke say quietly and politely Excuse me, but I think there may be a fire

glossy prism
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"I don't mean to disturb you, but you should probably leave"

fringe moon
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sorry sir, so sorry, すみません

past canyon
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Does anyone know if the Broadlink a1 has been discontinued? I need a cheapish co2 sensor and the alternatives are 150€+ each, and I need 5

delicate citrus
mighty hinge
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Hi all, I plan to make make a central panel in my building with all the settings for the lights, power settings...
Does somebody have some good hardware (display and mini computer for example rasperry) which works great for that and looks nice?

agile axle
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Getting my NUC today boys

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So I can mess up my installs in style

tender aurora
toxic orbit
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Anyone know if the Sonoff NSPanel works as a dimmer switch for the physical buttons, or is it on/off only? (Sorry if this is the wrong channel)

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Nvm
Realized that it’s only 2a so it won’t work for what I wanted

thick oriole
drowsy socket
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Is there anywhere I can just buy a Home Assistant Glow instead of making one?

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Or any wireless (zigbee) electric meter pulse counter for that matter?

hollow lance
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i'll make you one, for money

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seriously though, if you can dodge a wrench you can program your own HA Glow

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it's so easy even I can do it

buoyant pawn
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So I've been trying to make my doorbell "smart" by connecting a Shelly Uni to it. When somebody rings the door, voltage goes through the shelly's sensor and that can be used to notify me on my phone that somebody's ringing the doorbell.

Now unfortunately, it seems that either Shelly or the doorbell works at the same time. If I connect both to the + and - inputs, the analog doorbell stops working. Does anyone know why that might be?

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Unfortunately I don't have a multimeter handy to measure the voltages

thick oriole
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which inputs of the shelly have you exactly used

mild pelican
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When I migrate my RPI from a 3B to a 3B+, can I expect to simply restore the snapshot without any issues? (most likely)

fringe moon
mild pelican
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Do you know how I can find out whether I'm running 32 or 64bit?

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it doesn't say so in the OS version, so I assume it's 32 bit?

fringe moon
mild pelican
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ok 😛

buoyant pawn
thick oriole
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well you have connected VCC and GND to a power supply so the wlan connection of the shelly works? @buoyant pawn

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til this step the door bell should still work

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Is it the case?

verbal cosmos
limber ridge
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What are the best humidity/temp sensors for zigbee/zwave/wifi that can be plugged in to the wall?

fringe moon
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Why plugged in?

limber ridge
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batteries suck

fringe moon
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Battery lasts for years

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I have 3 years on my ZigBee sensors

limber ridge
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what if i want to poll it ever second :p

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*every

fringe moon
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That makes very little sense

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Unless temperature changes

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Sensor will send an update if the change is happening

limber ridge
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my aeotec multisensor 6 works pretty good now but I need another and they are damn pricey

fringe moon
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Aqara are $7-10 each

limber ridge
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that?

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says it needs their hub

glossy prism
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It needs a zigbee adapter and Zigbee software

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That's just marketing

slate otter
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Guys, anyone had issues with aqara bulb resetting? Trying 3-5 on/off, no luck, it's stuck on previous saved setting (I deleted the bulb in zigbee2mqtt).

limber ridge
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ahh ok

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i dont really want to worry about a battery though

fringe moon
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Oh no, battery needs changing after I've bought a new house and left anyway

limber ridge
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i guess ill try one for $20 if it lasts years

fringe moon
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That was expensive

limber ridge
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you order them from mao zedong or something?

thick oriole
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sure

fringe moon
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AliExpress life

thick oriole
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Is there a CO2 sensor for zigbee

limber ridge
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still almost $20 to ship from fuck china

fringe moon
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Last time I ordered i paid $40 for 4 with shipping

limber ridge
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damn was that pre covix?

fringe moon
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2020

limber ridge
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can do 4x for $45

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then i gotta wait a month heh

buoyant pawn
thick oriole
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i think the power supply is too weak

buoyant pawn
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but after i disconnect the shelly, it starts working again

buoyant pawn
thick oriole
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yes and you have to connect an input of the shelly too

buoyant pawn
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yep. i've connected the sensor wire to the yellow wire on the intercom and the shelly reports "ON" when i press the doorbell switch

thick oriole
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So does anybody know a zigbee co2 sensor or another good alternative

zinc gulch
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I'm thinking about new washer machine, from IoT and HA POV which brand is better - LG or Samsung?

fringe moon
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I'm happy with my Siemens

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Cloud service

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But it's never been down

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I'm gonna do smart plugs on my dryer to make it smart though

gloomy elbow
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I have that setup, Phil Hawthorne's blog post was really handy getting it figured out.

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I ended up creating an Area in my home called "Do Not Turn Off" to add those monitors to though, don't want to accidentally turn off my washing machine or dishwasher mid-cycle. The dryer would recover though as it's old and very mechanical.

fringe moon
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The joys of having a manual Lovelace, no buttons get pressed by accident because I don't expose it LeoKek

gloomy elbow
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Yeah, I've not done it yet. But back when I was trying to use Eve smart plugs and a RubeGoldberg-esque HomeBridge pile of plugins, I had a few close calls with "Hey Siri, turn everything off"

fringe moon
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Yeah, I manually expose things up Google home too

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To not do that @gloomy elbow

gloomy elbow
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Yup, that's what I do now.

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No more "50,000 devices failed to respond" either which is excellent.

fringe moon
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Loool

gloomy elbow
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Yup

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Better than my washing machine turning off mid-cycle though.

zinc gulch
sonic frost
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question to anyone with radio/antennas knowledge, do bigger antennas use more power? and do zigbee device antennas differ from wifi 2.4mhz router antennas? wanted to add wifi antenna to CC2652RB and was wondering if that would add any benefit

drifting grove
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What's the easiest way to completely remove a sensor entity and all references to it? I messed something up and now I seem to have two entities, one with an ID ending in "_2". They're supposed to be the same entity but I screwed something up. I don't see the original entity anywhere..

winged knoll
fluid condor
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hi currently trying to find some motion sensors for a decent price which work with home assistant preferably out of the box any recommendations

winged knoll
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There's a whole host of good #zigbee-archived options if you're happy to add a Zigbee stick

fluid condor
thick oriole
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That is only marketing

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But you need a zigbee stick

fluid condor
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ok so if they are zigbee they should work with a stick?

winged knoll
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Yup

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Or more accurately, ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT and a decent stick

bright jacinthBOT
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Buy something CC2652 based. This list is a good one, both Tube and Electrolama have been proven to have excellent customer service. The current generation of EZSP sticks (see here for some) are also a good choice for ZHA.

Anything CC2530 or CC2531 based should be avoided - they're old, slow, and only suitable for a dozen or so devices. The Sonoff ZBbridge isn't advised since it uses WiFi (built in interference causing stability/reliability issues), and the HUSBZB-1 uses an older chipset so should be avoided.

Finally, the ConBee range are fine with deCONZ, but experience with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT appears to be mixed.

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fluid condor
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thanks for the help

winged knoll
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Many of us have ditched the hubs and loved the experience

fluid condor
winged knoll
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If it's Zigbee, it works with ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT

wary panther
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Anyone tried one of these?

winged knoll
wary panther
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Aha thanks very much ❤️

feral night
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Got question: I'm planning to run NVR in docker container but am not sure if CPU will suffice. Is there any way to benchmark it other than connecting to cameras and running service? There will be 3 cameras total: 1x 8MP camera, 1x 4MP camera and 1x 1MP camera

gentle fossil
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it heavily depends on what formats your cameras deliver

feral night
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I was thinking about lowering resolution if hardware would not suffice

gentle fossil
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a pentium 4 will suffer for sure

feral night
gentle fossil
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that should do, as long as you dont transcode all at the same time

feral night
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By transcoding you mean running live feeds of all cameras at the same time? I wanted to run frigate so it would read camera feeds anyway

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  • with Google coral
gentle fossil
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transcoding is e.g. h265 -> h264 or 8k->4k or 60fps -> 30fps
if you just pass through a raw h26* stream a pi4 is enough

feral night
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Ahh, I think I'll be able to pass single encoding to Frigate. I can always change resolution on camera and output standardized resolution. Last thing is to check which encoding does Frigate support natively

pearl burrow
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So i have these lights installed:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-Wink-Compatible-5-in-and-6-in-65w-Equivalent-White-LED-Smart-Recessed-Trim-with-Color-Tunable-Feature-2700K-to-5000K-53166161/206029900

and have not beein using the "smart" features. i had a wink hub and i stopped using it once they went to subscription model. From what i have found i can get these lights to work with Home assistant if i buy this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/384598179446

i want to confirm this is the best way to go right now... Thanks

glossy prism
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Yeah, and you'll also need to choose what zigbee software you want to use. See the channel topic in #zigbee-archived for more

pearl burrow
glossy prism
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Swipe in from the right on mobile or look at the top on desktop

ebon ingot
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Hi everyone. I am from canada and looking to make just my bedroom smart. I dont know alot and I am having trouble choosing devices and platforms and stuff. I am looking to spend no more than 2-300 (CDN). I was wondering if anyone could help.

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Adding to the above, i just want basic stuff such as bulbs and plugs.

civic kraken
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Zigbee and wifi are good starting points for most stuff. Wifi is good in that you don't need any hubs to control anything, while with Zigbee you need either a hub or a USB stick on your Home Assistant machine

ebon ingot
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I just watched a good video and I feel like I know more what i want now

latent lily
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I'm having a Stupid Moment, I have a ZigBee adapter and got some hue lightstrips but. It appears the kit I got doesn't have any way to connect the AC adapter to the light strip itself, does anyone know what the part I need is CALLED because all I've been able to find is people bitching about the bridge

thick oriole
ebon ingot
civic kraken
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Think about the things you do every single day and how you could avoid doing that. For me the first step was pausing a movie and then turning on the lights so I could see my way to the fridge. I needed a "sensor" to detect when I paused and a light I could turn on when I did

thick oriole
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Don‘t you a nice cozy ambient light in your living room? I hate to sit in the dark

zealous dune
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the tv provides the ambient light

thick oriole
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That is no ambient light 😂

zealous dune
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depends on the tv mate

thick oriole
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But it changes all the time, that is in my opinion not a cozy atmosphere

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But everyone has his own opinion there i think

zealous dune
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tv as in screen not tv as in tv programme

civic kraken
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a projector gives off barely any light so with my old eyes you'd just end up stumbling on things. And with a light on you wouldn't see a thing on a projector

thick oriole
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I thought these things were outdated with the actual screen sizes of tvs

civic kraken
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Fair point and I've been contemplating about it, but it's not quite there yet imo

zealous dune
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projectors got a lot better too

thick oriole
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Yes but its difficult to compete with oled

civic kraken
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Depends on the measure you choose. Price-wise it's rather easy if you have anything in the 90"+

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But my current screen is only 92" and a 72" oled is available for like 2000€ so it's very much closing in

thick oriole
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But to get a really good picture on a projector screen you have to design the entire room for it, like curtains on the sides so that you have as little reflections as possible in order to get good contrast erc.

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Carpets wtf

civic kraken
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Indeed, it's very much a balancing act. TVs won't be perfect in a non-light-controlled space either but they'll be a hell of a lot better

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If I could have a >100" oled right now in my living room, it's no contest. But we'll have to wait a few more years for that and until then I prefer the size over quality personally

thick oriole
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I have now 42“, want to buy 65“. Had a 3,5m projector screen, but i have sold it, because it wouldnt even fit into my living room. And the beamer i have has only a wxga resolution and 350Watts and sounds like a jet. So i decided not to use it that way

ebon ingot
thick oriole
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No he has a beamer as i understood

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But this year a 96“ oled from lg is comin

civic kraken
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Ye, just a cheap projector here. Will be interesting to see the pricing on those new TVs

fringe moon
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I might switch to projector when 4k becomes reasonable

thick oriole
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But why

fringe moon
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Because then I can switch the sofa around and put it against the wall

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And have a motorized screen

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Voilà, 20m² extra living room

twilit relic
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I'm putting a hit out -- does anyone here have an old Philips Hue Tap Wireless Switch they aren't using? They aren't sold anymore and I need one!

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The one with 4 buttons that doesn't require batteries (kinetic energy)

fluid condor
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I’ve been using my Echo Plus's built in hue bridge for my hue bulbs - any idea how I can access this in HA

glossy prism
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You can't

fluid condor
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Ah.

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So I’ll have to buy a bridge?

glossy prism
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Better yet, a zigbee adapter

fluid condor
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I have one of those

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So I just need to make them repair and it should work with my zigbee stick?

glossy prism
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Should be good to go. You'll need to pick zigbee software that works with your adapter though

fluid condor
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Cool thanks

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Now I just gotta work out how to reset this bulb

glossy prism
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Unpairing them from the echo should put them in pairing mode

steel lion
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Hey guys... Any reason not to run my Ethernet connection over a USB/Ethernet dongle?

gloomy spoke
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Depends on the type of USB port and how much performance you need out of it

steel lion
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Consistency is most important

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USB c

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Highest quality I can find

lyric prism
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Why Home Assistant Yellow over normal Pi4?

steel lion
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How many different responses do you want for that question?

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It supports the devs

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It's yellow

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Iirc, it can take an m2 drive

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Ai

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PoE

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Gigabit ethernet

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Built in zigbee

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Oh, did I mention: supports the devs

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Pi4 compute.

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Supports the devs

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Bragging rights

digital wraith
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Is there anyway to load down a PI in home assistant-OS to checks temps

twilit relic
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what do you mean by "Ai"?

sharp apex
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@steel lion my main internet router is a pi 4 with usb gig-e adapter. Not a single problem in years, except with debian you have to give it a sane name, to make it user friendly

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@steel lion can yellow be bought already?

wise gorge
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Ikea zigbee powerswitch outlet. I have used these with Hue, but in home assistant it came up with 2 new entities.. amongst them was energy. Someone been able to extract data from this?

twilit relic
steel lion
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Seriously? If you do not know what AI is, maybe this is the wrong hobby for you.

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The yellow is capable of housing an AI learning module...

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Ai.. as in... Artificial intelligence.

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Unless you know if another common use for the letters ai...

thick oriole
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We have all started somewhere

tepid heart
steel lion
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Ok, that's fair... I have often heard my electronics screaming in alarm ;)

fringe moon
glossy prism
steel lion
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True

steel lion
# twilit relic What does this mean?

Sorry for the shitty attitude about Ai... I was taking out annoyance from the guy who, for absolutely no reason, came on and sort of trashed the yellow vs a pi4... I should have been more patient and understanding that others may not immediately associate Ai with AI... Let alone the jump from that to Artificial Intelligence... Especially with as large and diverse as this community is. (For all I know, English is your second language and youve never encountered the abreviation)

glossy prism
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All I see them asking is "Why Home Assistant Yellow over normal Pi4?"
I'd hardly call that trashing the yellow...

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Seems like just a question to me that you interpreted as "trashing it" and then took it very personally for some reason

fringe moon
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That said, neither is a good choice

gentle valley
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Has anyone had any luck with this combo z wave / zigbee stick?

pale heron
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A bunch of reviews on it everywhere. I ordered one for my first foray into HA. Its coming on the 3rd supposedly.

glossy prism
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It's fine, but both chipsets on it are rather old at this point

pale heron
bright jacinthBOT
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Buy something CC2652 based. This list is a good one, both Tube and Electrolama have been proven to have excellent customer service. The current generation of EZSP sticks (see here for some) are also a good choice for ZHA.

Anything CC2530 or CC2531 based should be avoided - they're old, slow, and only suitable for a dozen or so devices. The Sonoff ZBbridge isn't advised since it uses WiFi (built in interference causing stability/reliability issues), and the HUSBZB-1 uses an older chipset so should be avoided.

Finally, the ConBee range are fine with deCONZ, but experience with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT appears to be mixed.

Command '.pickyourstick' was invoked by: Tediore
glossy prism
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☝️ for zigbee

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No clue for zwave though

pale heron
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I'm just dipping my toes in so far. I have 1 dimmer switch installed. It's z-wave. I kind of liked how they have to go through certification. Added my BI cameras, thermostat and got lovelace looking nice. I'm still early enough in this process I can make changes but I kind of want to see how it all works, slowly.

gentle valley
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Yeah I only have a couple of z wave things so far, no zigbee yet

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But I saw the price and the fact that I can get both things on 1 usb port and I was sold

bright jacinthBOT
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Buy something CC2652 based. This list is a good one, both Tube and Electrolama have been proven to have excellent customer service. The current generation of EZSP sticks (see here for some) are also a good choice for ZHA.

Anything CC2530 or CC2531 based should be avoided - they're old, slow, and only suitable for a dozen or so devices. The Sonoff ZBbridge isn't advised since it uses WiFi (built in interference causing stability/reliability issues), and the HUSBZB-1 uses an older chipset so should be avoided.

Finally, the ConBee range are fine with deCONZ, but experience with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT appears to be mixed.

Command '.pickyourstick' was invoked by: Fanman03
fallen jay
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Hi, I'll buy a Dell T30 server. Do you think that's okay for home assistant? But I want to run Home Assistant as well as a Linux for Apache Webserver, motion, python scripts etc. So, what is the best installation method?

hollow lance
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Err yeah

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HA runs on raspberry pi 3’s, which compared to the T30 is a box with a dead squirrel in it.

gloomy spoke
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Gotta have at least a small raccoon

fringe moon
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T30, what is this, servers for ants

dreamy vale
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Morning!

I was looking for integrate a dumb boiler in my place and I was trying to RI the protocol (some kind of radio).

But, I found a easier way to integrate it. I'm going to use a fingerbot to press the on/off button for the boiler and that's it. Paired with a temperature sensor and with some scripting/automation is done

coral sluice
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€ 11,76 25%OFF | EU WiFi Smart Rotary Dimmer Switch 100-240V Tuya Smart Dimmer Switch APP Remote Control Works With Alexa Google Home
https://a.aliexpress.com/_ugs1AS

Anyone experience with this device and hassio?

fringe moon
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I have it

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It works, but doesn't behave in a zigbee group

coral sluice
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Alright. But does work with wifi?
I currently have the older version with the glass front and touch buttons. And flashed to esphome. But I dislike the touch buttons

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I generally hate those touch buttons 😅

fringe moon
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Mine is ZigBee

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Same design

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I thought it was the same

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Apparently they just reuse the shell

zealous dune
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technically it should work with tuya integration

coral sluice
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Ahh alright.
I haven't tried using zigbee at all yet

modern ginkgo
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Anyone have a recommendation for a power monitoring device? Similar to a sense where it monitors power usage into a power panel

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I was looking at this, but uses wifi

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Looks like there is an integration too

last cliff
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I literally setup an Emporia Vue like 4 days ago and integrated it into HA yesterday. Southern California (SCE) has all their meters with zigbee connectivity, that github works well enough to graph out the power and monitor it @modern ginkgo

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oh sorry, thought you linked the Vue (zigbee connection to the meter, reports back over wifi)

empty nacelle
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Emporia Vue is great been using it with HA for sometime.

clever pecan
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Is there a way to force auto-discovery?

gentle valley
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Has anyone used GE Enbrighten zwave switches?

fringe moon
empty nacelle
modern ginkgo
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You have the utility connect box right? So just have data for the main power?

digital wraith
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How do I stress my PI on homeassistant os

last cliff
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so the Vue only connects to the power meter with zigbee, with the 3rd party github integration i get 1min, 1day, and 1month sensors/entities. I'm not sure what data and entities youd get using that github and the 16 sensor thing you linked

modern ginkgo
fervent ocean
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are there any decent illuminance sensors out there? I was thinking to get an Aqara motion sensor as it also reports illuminance, but I've seen on the forums that it only does when motion is detected

winged knoll
fervent ocean
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I saw it before, but got the impression that it's discontinued as now xiaomi is doing aqara and couldn't find anything like that on the aqara website

winged knoll
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It's relatively new, not discontinued

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Aqara and Mijia are simply two of the many brand names Xiaomi uses

fervent ocean
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oh ok! so I guess it's gonna be funny to find! 😓

fervent ocean
winged knoll
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Where are you looking?

fervent ocean
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I only found it in alixpress and bangood

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both out of stock

winged knoll
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Then if you don't want to wait, you need to answer the standard questions - pins

fervent ocean
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oh sorry... Ireland / Zigbee / not long intervals between updates

winged knoll
summer shell
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Anyone able to recommend good door switches and or motion sensors? I use zwave but these all seem pretty expensive. Wondering about 433mhz or something similar

winged knoll
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433 abkneonno

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Zigbee abkneonyes

summer shell
winged knoll
summer shell
fervent ocean
winged knoll
summer shell
winged knoll
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Oddly, lots of people have Zigbee and WiFi on 1, 6, and 11, and it works just fine

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You just need to use Zigbee 15, 20, 25, 26

summer shell
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looks like 26 might be the safest bet

winged knoll
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like this, today

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fervent ocean
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Looks good! And works fine as a motion sensor too?

winged knoll
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Yup, and temperature

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It's not small, but that's the price you pay

fervent ocean
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Where did you buy it? (you're in the UK right) I can't find it and the official website doesn't seam to have buy links

winged knoll
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AliExpress, as with all my things 😄

fervent ocean
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What i've seen is that compared to aqara, this one covers 90 degrees instead of 170 which doesn't need to be bad

fervent ocean
winged knoll
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Let me see if I can find the link

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Actually... it wasn't Ali 😱

last cliff
empty nacelle
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Extra sensors work with the github integration

last cliff
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@modern ginkgo although..... it does do an API call to your emporia account for all the data...

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oh nice ok, yeah I just realized it calls their service for the data

empty nacelle
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Reads solar etc

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fervent ocean
# winged knoll Let me see if I can find the link

Being on amazon I'm really really tempted to buy one, I can always return it if I don't like it.... The price is OK, in the end is pretty much the price of the aqara motion and the xiaomi illuminance...
No complains about it other than the size?

winged knoll
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Other than size, none - works really well

fervent ocean
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Well, then I'm gonna buy it right now, it arrives on Wednesday and I'll have a handyman changing and installing my new 18 bulbs Thursday, this is gonna be a fun weekend 😂

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Thanks again!

dim blade
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Anyone successfully got their Arlo cameras into HA?

rain cradle
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Hi all! Anyone have any suggestions for ZWave devices to help with extending the range? I have some very old devices that don't seem to extend the range. Looking for plugs/switches that are reasonably priced so I can put a few around the house to help with my other wireless devices

crisp mauve
fervent ocean
crisp mauve
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Out of interest, how old were the posts? This whole landscape changes so rapidly, any HA info that's more than 6 months old I assume has changed in that time lol

wild rover
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I'm going to get started moving into HASS, I have a raspi 3b+ would that be well enough, or do I need something more?

gloomy spoke
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it's the bare minimum

quartz lodge
#

I'm not sure the right place to post this:

Got home yesterday to find HA non responsive. The console screen was full of messages like:

"EXT4-fs error (device sd8): __ext4_find_entry:1534: inode #3934296: comm python3: Read-only file system"

and a bunch of others messages too. I rebooted HA and it came back up ok and worked for the rest of the evening but this morning it was in the same state.

I'm running core-2021.12.10 on a Rpi4 with SSD.

My first instinct is that the SSD is failing but its only about 6 months old and ironically I switched from SDCARD to SSD because I heard scare stories of SDCARD's not lasting very long. It was a preventative measure as I hadn't had a SDCARD failure 😩

Anyone know how I can check if it is a SSD failing before it gets worse?

winged knoll
quartz lodge
#

ok, I wasn't sure if it was better placed in hardware 👍

fervent ocean
winged knoll
#

That requires a lot more RAM than the Pi3 and older have available...

fervent ocean
#

yep, I activated all the alerts from official sites to get a pi4 with 8gb when there's stock

winged knoll
#

Just buy something that's not an educational toy 😉

fervent ocean
#

the other day I found someone was selling a 1gb pi4 for 150€ in a second hand website 😆

fervent ocean
winged knoll
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NUC? Second hand mini-PC?

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Any 64 bit capable system from the last decade, with at least 2 GB of RAM and 2 cores

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I love my 8 year old i5 laptop

fervent ocean
#

but having a laptop would have a great power consumption, right?

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I did a quick search on amazon and the cheapest starts at 100 pounds, not even looking at specs 😱

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I think I'll wait for the pi4 😆

winged knoll
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Sure, it'll draw ... 10W or less compared the 6W or less of the Pi4

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But it'll perform better, scale further, and generally not be a POS

fervent ocean
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do you have so many things running to need better performance than a pi4?

winged knoll
#

Well, I like having something that's not running on an SD card and subject to fail

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I like having something that has decent I/O speed, so it doesn't get bogged down when it gets busy

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I like having something with a decent CPU, so it doesn't get bogged down ...

fervent ocean
#

fair enough

winged knoll
#

The Pi range are great educational tools, and fine for smaller scale stuff, but they lack performance and reliability

fervent ocean
#

probably in a few months I'll have to recognise that you were right and I'll have to buy a better box 🤣

proven girder
feral night
#

You can look for some cheap NUCs that will outperform rPI easily

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Also you can choose hardware that will best match your needs, you you're planning on upgrading your smart home in the future

fervent ocean
#

I'm just starting, so I don't know where I'll be heading to, but my long term plan is to have pretty much all the lights automated as a minimum, but I know I'll end up adding more things if I continue enjoying all this stuff.... I'm kinda interested on doing some DIY stuff when I have my home a bit under control

proven girder
#

Honestly a server to virtualise will enable you to start playing with other stuff too. Like plex or a storage server or whatever you want ti do

fervent ocean
#

I was thinking on getting plex, but not sure if I will TBH

thick oriole
#

Such a thing is not that more expensive than a pi but a much better start

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Or elitedesk 800 g2 mini or something in that formfactor if you look on the power consumption

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Raspberry pi is a good start for a little music player

fervent ocean
thick surge
#

Anyone knows how can I get an IR code from BroadLink app’s custom library?

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Or anyway to redirect the IR signal from the transmitter to itself

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I want to add the IR into my Homeassistant

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Or am I in the wrong place?

thick oriole
fervent ocean
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ebay 🤷‍♂️

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fixed it

thick oriole
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I would go for an i5, if possible. Also consider a Dell optiplex Micro or a Lenovo Tiny. At best without windows if cheaper. You want to install linux anyway. And if you go for 8gigs ram they mostly have one 8gb dimm so that you could increase it to 16gigs if necessary.

fervent ocean
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I'll check those out too, thanks!

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yeah, I'll install linux for sure, I'll be running pretty much everything with docker I guess

fervent ocean
hushed quest
#

Hey, is it possible to connect multiple homeassistant instances with the same cloud?

winged knoll
#

Do you mean the Nabu Casa cloud service?

hushed quest
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Yes, i need to control multiple instances. Each house got an own instance

winged knoll
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No

hushed quest
#

okay thanks, are there any alternatives?

winged knoll
#

To achieve what?

hushed quest
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Let me explain. I got a few houses. Each house got its own instance of ha. I want to control each house with the cloud. So i guess i would need multiple accounts?

winged knoll
#

Yes, if you want to use the cloud service

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Of course, you don't need that for remote access

hushed quest
#

yes but i dont want to expose ports

winged knoll
#

So:

  1. Use the Cloudflare tunnel service
  2. Build your own relay service
  3. Buy a lot of #cloud-archived accounts
hushed quest
#

Is Cloudflare like duckdns?

winged knoll
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If you mean a provider of free dynamic DNS hostnames, no

hushed quest
#

let me read about cloudflare then

winged knoll
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Bring your own domain, set up tunnels for remote access without port forwarding

hushed quest
#

So i just need multiple doimains i guess? For my example

winged knoll
#

Why?

hushed quest
#

Can u have multiple instances on one domain?

winged knoll
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house1.example.net, house2.example.net, house42.example.net

hushed quest
#

Sorry i dont know much about domain^^

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But thanks for help 🙂

proven girder
#

I asked in #zigbee-archived too, but does anyone have recommendations for blind controllers (eg roller blinds). Preferably zigbee (thus the other post) but also happy to look for wifi based stuff, which is where this channel post comes in

flat matrix
#

I need help to connect a mppt solar charge controller (ml4860) to home assistant

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they have RS485 and RS232 communication interface

feral night
#

@proven girder Somewhere I've heard that wi-fi blind robots are no-go if battery-powered; WiFi consumes too many energy

tight dust
#

Sorry, in advance. Noob here. Is this where I should post questions about things like Treatlife DS02S dimmers?

winged knoll
#

Depends on the question - read the channel topic

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If you're talking about HA integration, that's #integrations-archived
If you're talking about flashing them with Tasmota, that'd be #diy-archived
If you're asking about wiring, that'd be here, probably

tight dust
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I searched the channel topic and found a few questions about the DS02S. That's why I guessed here. My question has to do with the WebUI after flashing the controller w Tuya-Convert.

winged knoll
#

That sounds like Tasmota, which'd be #diy-archived or their Discord

tight dust
#

OK. Thanks!

fringe moon
fervent ocean
#

I just learnt today that bluetooth 5.1 can track the direction of where a device is, but couldn't find any sort of solution that would use this for distance/approximate location other than commercial services, is it that difficult to figure that out?

stable hemlock
#

I am looking for a light bulb system for my bedroom. I want to be able to create some lighting scenes, with dimming and have an option to wake up to slowly brightening “sunrise” effect. I am in the US, looking at a budget of $150-200. Wi-Fi or something with a hub would. E awesome.

winged knoll
#

CCT (colour temperature) or RGB-CCT will be better than RGB

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Personally I'd suggest Hue bulbs as the best for a slow transition, probably using either ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT and a coordinator rather than a Hue hub (see the pins in #zigbee-archived )

stable hemlock
#

Yeah, I was thinking about that, I’ve wanted a WLED project for a while.

gloomy sequoia
#

looking into buying some ble trackers... I already have a couple of nodes set up with monitor, but trying to figure out which trackers are with buying and/or what to look for.

I'm seeing chipolos for ~$30/ea, tile for ~$18/ea, and nutales for ~$10/ea, and they all seem like relatively well known brands, but I really don't know what I'm looking for specifically.

then I see stuff like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097PLRCVZ, which are ~$3/ea, and I'm wondering what I'm missing here 🤔

#

mainly I plan on using them as an extra factor in my presence detection, so maybe keychains, backpacks, etc... but also wondering about using them in my vehicles. I have parking in front and back of my house, but each parking spot is >30ft from the nearest monitor node, so I'm not sure how they'll work out in that regard.

winged knoll
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I have a Chipolo in my car, works fine ... when the car is in the garage. Not so much when it's on the drive in front of the garage. Range is ... not awesome

gloomy sequoia
#

if it matters, I'm I'm the US and likely buying from amazon, but I could potentially be swayed lol

#

that's good info. one of my main use cases is for my daughter's backpack so I can base automations on if she's at school/grandmas/etc or not

fringe moon
#

Someone designed a WiFi mqtt sender to put in your car

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Connected to the ignition

winged knoll
#

Yeah, that's about 200% better

fringe moon
#

@sharp light

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I think

gloomy sequoia
#

that may be a possible solution for the cars. was just thinking if I picked up a few BLE trackers the car might be a good place for one

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but I'll look into that too

fringe moon
#

Ble isn't very great with some cars

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My Audi A8L was Bluetooth impenetrable

gloomy sequoia
#

ah ok

fringe moon
#

Handsfree stopped working outside

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Unless I pressed it against one specific window

gloomy sequoia
#

my Ford has Bluetooth built in but I haven't ever tried to tap into that via monitor yet either

#

I just figured the range would be too much, seems like a reasonable assumption

#

but in terms of BLE trackers still, I guess my question is "are they all equal?"

#

or what are key selling points I should look for?

fringe moon
#

I know some of them was not possible to change battery in

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Which would surely be a deal breaker

gloomy sequoia
#

is there anything that doubles as a gps tracker that I can tap into?

#

how does battery life look like in something like those?

fringe moon
#

There are a lot of GPS trackers on AliExpress

winged knoll
#

I think I'm getting about 18 months on my Chipolo

fringe moon
#

That you just put a sim card in

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That can connect to traccar

gloomy sequoia
#

need cell service on the sim though I'd assume?

fringe moon
#

Yes

#

Logically

winged knoll
#

LoRa for it's kinda near the house 😄

fringe moon
#

Yeah, up to 10km under optimal conditions

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Or unlimited with lorawan

sharp light
fringe moon
sharp light
#

also - hi @fringe moon ! 😄

fringe moon
modern ginkgo
#

Anyone have a recommendation for a smart switch with a screen and physical buttons? Preferably single gang, for a thermostat control

boreal oar
#

i want to add under-cabinet kitchen lights. I want to be able to dim them, and change the colour temperature. Plan is to have the house at a white colour temp during the day, and fade to a warmer colour temp at night. I don't necessarily need full rgb. Any suggestions?

winged knoll
#

Your choice of strips with a Gledopto Zigbee LED controller?

modern ginkgo
#

I'm going with one of those, RGBCCT controller with a matching strip

sharp light
#

@modern ginkgo if a big screen with programmable everything might be an option, let me suggest this great project developed by a really nice guy: https://haswitchplate.com

fringe moon
#

He's a proper c..... Cutie

modern ginkgo
#

Something like that, but a basic, non touch screen

fringe moon
#

So an oled screen and esphome

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And a knife

modern ginkgo
#

A bit more than I need, what about a standalone screen?

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Just needs to display the thermostat setpoint

fringe moon
modern ginkgo
modern ginkgo
fringe moon
#

Plastic and knife

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And oled screen and d1mini

#

You wanted a cheap solution

modern ginkgo
#

No thats fair, I could get a blank face plate and mount it

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I'm loving all this automation stuff but I don't have enough time for it lol

fringe moon
#

I do most of it while at work

modern ginkgo
#

Oh I totally wouldn't do that while working from home

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And I totally don't do other things when working from home

#

Are all esphome stuff wifi?

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Damn okay

#

Seems like a good solution too

sharp light
#

oh hey that's a great reminder i forgot to work today

modern ginkgo
#

Would I be able to use that with the esphome stuff?

sharp light
modern ginkgo
#

Oh wow lol

drifting grove
#

I have an issue getting a bluetooth adapter working on my HA Blue. Is this the right place to ask?

winged knoll
drifting grove
#

I added a "tp-link UB400" as I read a few places that it worked on the HA blue.
The issue is that it does not work. I get a "hci0 unexpected event for opcode 0x0000"

winged knoll
#

That's the home of the Blue, and HAOS

modern ginkgo
#

Theres a ton of esp-32 boards on amazon, any recommended sets/kits for my use? (connecting to a screen, possible temp sensor, anything else I haven't thought of)

fringe moon
#

Anything that fits your need

#

Order one of each

#

They are $2 each usually

modern ginkgo
#

This looks nice, has a display built in

#

Screens on those look a little small. I'll get a few standalone boards and give that a shot

#

Whats the best way to power one of those in the wall?

fringe moon
#

Usb adapter or mains to 5v adapter

modern ginkgo
#

I purchased a 700ma 5v board, should be able to hot glue it on by the sounds of it

lost canopy
#

wanted to do a double check if possible before I pulled the trigger on a hardware purchase. Anyone have any experience dealing with Puget Sound Energy?

#

I'm looking at getting an Eagle 200 to monitor energy usage, since it currently seems like my only option, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't getting something incompatible. I checked the labeling and it SHOULD work, but I was hoping someone might be able to cross-check me on this.

gloomy spoke
#

compatible with HA?

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from the docs:

Integrate energy usage and price from the Rainforest Automation’s Eagle-200 and Legacy Eagle energy gateways.

lost canopy
#

@gloomy spoke it's compatible with HA for sure, but was wondering if it was compatible with PGE's meters.

gloomy sequoia
#

anybody have Sylvania Smart+ zigbee bulbs that can confirm they are routers?

boreal oar
#

Also, anyone have any recommendations for an LED strip controller thats 5v?

#

I have a LED light strip i bought a while ago, after doing research. It's a BTF lighting ws2812b, and it's 5v. At the time it seemed I'd got everything right, but now I'm reading 5v is uncommon, and can only be expected to power 2m, whereas this strip is over 5m. I was lead to believe BTF was the best you can buy?

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This all seems crazy. BTF light strip was close to $50 cdn, need their sketchy powersupply to power it, another $38, which you have to wire in your own ac input to, no power plug for mains, and then you still need a controller on top of that for another $12 and its wifi

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Oh and that controller needs its own power supply, too

meager holly
#

how i can implement mqtt over websokcet on esp8266 (nodemcu), what library should i use?

pale heron
#

Looking to adjust the dimmer range on my switch. The device settings itself don't seem to stick when changed. It's a wd-100. Any suggestions on how to change the range of dimming?

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This is the device https://devices.zwave-js.io/?jumpTo=0x0315:0x4447:0x3034:50.6
I need the range to be like 0-15 as the light it's hooked to seems to only start dimming at around 15% of the slider currently. The light has a remote with full dimming capability that works great. Trying to get thr same characteristics from inside HA

stray idol
#

Hello. Anyone know the difference between the brand Moes and Moesgo?

gentle fossil
#

the name is different? 🤔

stray idol
#

But they have exactly the same products

#

I’m trying to figure out if ones a rip-off of the other or what’s going on?

#

Moes has a website that has no reference to moesgo and moesgo doesn’t have a website

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They both use the same box layout but with different colors and images but everything in the same spot.

proven girder
#

It could be a rebrand or could be a chinese shell company that they sell the same stuff from 2 brands

torn prism
#

Any alternatives out there to Alexa/Google/Siri? Wanna do local voice control without using mass surveillance devices 😄

proven girder
#

Almond/ ada

thick surge
#

Anyone knows which zigbee USB adapter supports 2.4GHz channel 26? Does sonoff one support?

fringe moon
#

Why would you want that? @thick surge

thick surge
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Cause channel 26 is the best to avoid Wi-Fi interference?

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It will be located just beside my router if I don’t want to redo the lan wiring

fringe moon
#

Lots of ZigBee devices don't support that channel, move your WiFi clients to a channel not overlapping with the ZigBee Channel

#

Voila

#

I have 4 access points within 5 meters of my ZigBee coordinator

thick surge
#

All on different channel?

#

I have many neighborhoods Wi-Fi on different channels here

fringe moon
#

Have you done an actual interference scan?

#

My access points are locked to frequencies not overlapping with the ZigBee mesh

thick surge
#

Is interference scan the same thing as Wi-Fi analyze?

fringe moon
#

Yes but no

#

You can use the ZigBee stick to do a scan

#

And it will advice you what channel to use

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Both as a python version and a docker option

thick surge
#

Okay thanks

static beacon
#

Im searching for a device that i can connect to HA and has buttons i can map and must have a display where i can show info on from out of home assistant. In other words im searching for a thermostat on which i can set the temperature which can be connected to HA. but it needs to have batteries and needs to work without a connection to a boiler. I want to hang these things in every room just to be able to change the setpoint of that room and let HA manage the boiler and TRV's. So far i havent been able to find such a thing.

fringe moon
#

So an esp board + oled screen + 3d printer then

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And buttons connected

static beacon
#

yes i have been thinking of that too 🙂 i had hopes someone had found a solution without esp's and 3d printing but i guess this is the way to go then

fringe moon
#

If you want something that custom

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I would say yes

static beacon
#

i guess you are right

dreamy vale
#

maybe the sonoff nspanel with custom fw can be used as that, but it feel way more complicated than developing something from scratch 😁

lone ridge
#

concerning an RF weather station - should I get a generic RF receiver for Home Assistant or get a specific rf receiver for weather stations

glossy prism
#

It's the software that matters more than the receiver

hollow dock
#

anyone know any good zwave or zigbee dimmer light switches that are in stock in the USA? I wish the inovelli were available but they seem to be hard to come by these days

sharp apex
#

Ikea?

hollow dock
#

ohh i hadnt thought to check out there switch selection. they work ok with home assistant? any weird setup?

winged knoll
#

Well, you said Zigbee, and the Tradfri range are Zigbee

hollow dock
#

looks like they dont make an in wall dimmer switch

fringe moon
#

They don't

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But you can 3d print a mount to make a wireless one look like one

hollow dock
#

right but i need an in wall solution to control the outside lights

fringe moon
#

Just make the outside lights smart LeoLaugh

hollow dock
#

i would if I could but its not a super regular bulb

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so you cant find them easily

#

also then I would have a dumb switch that would cut power to the smart bulb and drop it from the network

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and a smart controller next to said dumb switch

#

I could remove that switch and block it but much easier to just find a dimmer switch thats smart

#

I have seen the GE ones in stock as well as the UltraPro ones but have no idea if they are any good

fringe moon
#

I don't use wired Switches at all, i have one but it's gonna get removed soon

gentle fossil
#

you can try without 🤷‍♂️

#

ymmv

drifting grove
hollow dock
#

nice, I havnt used any blueprints yet

#

ill have to see if I can find them

summer shell
#

I bought a nortek HUSBZB zwave and zigbee combo stick. Zwave works fine on it. I cant get the zigbee to work at all. The firmware updated fine though when I did that. Anyone else have any ideas on how to test this thing to see if its broken? Is there a windows app that I can use to communicate with it?

winged knoll
summer shell
#

ty

gentle pawn
#

whats a good power usage data logger for HA ?
i want to measure the consumption of various appliances at home constantly

grave frost
#

Anyone have any good reccs or advise on hooking up some RBG lights. I'm looking to backlight some Japanese paper screens I have on my wall and have it sync with HA. No idea how to go about it. Zigbee controller, Magic Home, WLED, something else?

ebon viper
#

Aight, reliable light(bulb) recommendations please? My tasmota based bulbs really dont want to stay connected to my wifi and its really starting to piss me off

glossy prism
#

I'll take your tasmota bulbs

#

🤪

ebon viper
#

Im not sure if its my wifi routers fault or what, but every now and then one or more of the bulbs start to get into this weird loop of connect, disconnect, connect and repeat

#

Might have to just replace everything with zigbee or something, the one zigbee bulb i use has been pretty rock solid

glossy prism
#

That's odd; I haven't experienced that with my tasmota stuff. But yeah, there are potentially a multitude of zigbee options depending on where you're located

ebon viper
#

Finland

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Yeah, it is pretty odd. I have tried to mess around with the wifi too, just yesterday i was pretty sure i got them working pretty well since the wifi client list wasnt jumping up and down and everything worked, BUT still, no morning lights for me 😄

glossy prism
#

Weird

proven girder
#

@ebon viper unsure if it will help, but I used to use a d link router that had a helpful smart move mode. Which basically just helped kick 2.4 only devices off because it wasn’t smart

ebon viper
#

Yeah, i have disabled all of the modern features my router has also

#

all the smart stuff and auto channels etc.

fringe moon
#

Long live zigbee

long snow
#

Hello to all. I have an issue with NodeMCU. I plugin it to Odroid and ESPhome does not see it. Is there any way to fix that?

#

Probably the hardware issue, maybe I need somehow activate USB?

fringe moon
#

You need to put it in flash mode yes

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Usually

green nexus
#

I've installed zigbee light bulbs. It's kinda annoying that I can't remote control them when I turn them off via the old light switch. I thought it would be quite nice if I remove the switch and permanently connect the bulbs. Now I search for a zigbee remote I can install in my existing light switch, but I can't find one. Does someone know if this or a good alternative exist?

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I thought of putting something like that into the switch without attaching anything. Then I could make an automation in home assistant that toggles the lightbulb

boreal oar
#

How fast of a response can you expect when using a ds1 mini with a motion detector for turning on lights

#

It seems wifi is reported as a slow option compared to zigbee or zwave but is it really?

sterile lily
#

Hello dears friends

#

Can someone help me

gentle fossil
#

help is on the way

hollow lance
sterile lily
#

I need to restart completly blue box

#

How to do that

gentle fossil
#

what does the blue box say?

sterile lily
#

Home assistant blue

#

How can I factory resset

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And configure new one

wintry tulip
#

I'm eyeing the girier jr-ds 10 switches as they are incredibly cheap. Does anyone know if they're ESP based, making them flashable with established custom firmware?

twin bison
#

Looking to get into home assistant and some smart bulbs/switches for my room. My research has led me to two main bulbs the lifx light bulb and the wyse color. (The Lifx bulb is so expensive though I'll prob just go the wyse route)

Anyways obviously I want to be able to control the lights from my phone which I don't suspect will be a problem in the slightest. But I'm also going to want 2 separate switches (with option to expand) to control the bulbs. 1 at my room entrance and another at my nightstand.

I need a zero wiring and electrical work option.

what sort of options would you all recommend? I've seen youtube videos saying smart lights tend to not play nice with many smart switches for some reason but the video didn't elaborate on what sort of issues.

Also just how advanced can the controls of smart switches get? I think an ideal solution would be a circular knob that I could turn to dim the lights off and on but also be pushed in with a button click.

I have 2 main sources I would like to control, my bed lamp and my ceiling fan lights. I would be really cool if I could push the switch in to toggle between controlling just the lamp, just the ceiling fan, or both and then just twist to my desired brightness.

Does such a product exist and is it feasible to set this functionality up in home assistant?

winged knoll
#

If you replace a bulb with a smart bulb, the switch will cut power to it

#

Smart bulbs don't work without power

#

Also, zero wiring and electrical work option kind of rules out smart switches

twin bison
#

I plan to keep the original switch on all the time. I just need 2 non wired switches to control them. Why would smart switches not work without wiring?

winged knoll
#

Well, smart switches turn power on and off, so they need wiring

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You can leave the existing switch alone, and put in a couple of remotes (battery powered smart "switches")

twin bison
#

yeah that's more what I'm thinking I guess

winged knoll
#

They're not switches though, since they don't control anything directly

twin bison
#

but are there remotes that can attach to walls like an m3 hanger and particularly one that can twist and push in as described in og post?

winged knoll
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Sure

twin bison
#

so for that last link that seems almost exactly what I want but I'm a bit concerned about this part.

Triggered action (e.g. a button click). Value can be found in the published state on the action property. It's not possible to read (/get) or write (/set) this value. The possible values are: on, off, brightness_step_up, brightness_step_down, color_temperature_step_up, color_temperature_step_down.

I've not used any home assistant stuff yet so IDK for sure whats possible and how it all works yet. But to me it sounds like this switch keeps track of only 2 states when clicked in, on and off. Is it possible to set up the click in action to toggle between 3 modes?

Mode1: Control Light A
Mode2: Control Light B
Mode3: Control Light A and B

winged knoll
#

You'd handle it all in HA

twin bison
#

Yeah I wouln't become restricted by the hardware only allowing itself to report between an on off state when clicked right?

winged knoll
#

You're also over thinking it

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The thing you quoted says that the device reports what's been done to it - and that you can't tell the switch anything about what happened

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That's pretty normal

twin bison
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oh so are those actions referring to things it will detect if lets say the light is turned off or dimmed from another source like a phone?

winged knoll
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Well, no

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Those are actions that the remote will report

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Nothing happens to the light unless you get HA to do it

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The thing I linked is just a device that reports Hey, somebody clicked me or Hey, somebody turned the brightness up

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You have to then tell HA what to do when those things happen

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(aka write automations)

twin bison
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ok I think I get it. So is it more like the remote reports only on and off when clicked but I can code it so that it will switch between the three states each time it detects a change in the on/off value. But I'm not actually tied to the on off value.

winged knoll
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Yup

twin bison
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ok so now I would just wanna do some shopping around for alternatives to ensure this one in particular seems like the best choice.

is there a simple way to search the list you provided for battery remotes like this? or did you just provide a link to one you knew about already.

twin bison
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is there some certain sites you guys use in particular to buy this stuff. I can't seem to find any of these remotes online. The only one I found was this one from norway.

winged knoll
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AliExpress

vivid condor
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Hi, I'm sure this gets asked a lot, but I actually did some googling around and everything seems to be Tuya based and therefore it could be problematic to flash tasmota. Are there any "safe" EU power strips that I could use with HA?

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Oh, preferably wifi, as currently everything is wifi and would like to avoid buying a zigbee bridge or similar

hushed quest
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What is the best zigbee dongle to get?

bright jacinthBOT
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Buy something CC2652 based. This list is a good one, both Tube and Electrolama have been proven to have excellent customer service. The current generation of EZSP sticks (see here for some) are also a good choice for ZHA.

Anything CC2530 or CC2531 based should be avoided - they're old, slow, and only suitable for a dozen or so devices. The Sonoff ZBbridge isn't advised since it uses WiFi (built in interference causing stability/reliability issues), and the HUSBZB-1 uses an older chipset so should be avoided.

Finally, the ConBee range are fine with deCONZ, but experience with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT appears to be mixed.

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hushed quest
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Okay, thanks thought about buying the sonoff one

craggy lantern
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Is it possible to use apple airtag to track a dog? Kinda interested to get a AirTag to track my dog… in home assistant ofc:)

covert verge
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Hellooo 👋, I have some old Xiaomi gateway which I used only for visual notification.
The thing is I am getting difficulties to have it working. I am always getting an error.

Does anyone know a device. Pretty simple just to plug and where there is only a light I can control with home assistant ?

fringe moon
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Any smart bulb

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Or a single led connected to an esp device

covert verge
fringe moon
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Guessing cloud based

covert verge
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Well I would love something local 🙈

winged knoll
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WLED?

fringe moon
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I already have 80 smart bulbs around the house, i would have just used one of those, but i also have a drawer full of esps, ws2812 and a 3d printer, so I sometimes make something akshually

covert verge
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Ok I understand I am asking the impossible 😅

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I mean it makes sense no ? Sounds pretty cool to give visual notification. Does not take much places and on top of that you still can use the dose

green summit
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I was interested in buying a ZigBee/Zwave stick and was wondering what you would recommend? Also do I add a usb port to my Virtualbox VM?

bright jacinthBOT
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Buy something CC2652 based. This list is a good one, both Tube and Electrolama have been proven to have excellent customer service. The current generation of EZSP sticks (see here for some) are also a good choice for ZHA.

Anything CC2530 or CC2531 based should be avoided - they're old, slow, and only suitable for a dozen or so devices. The Sonoff ZBbridge isn't advised since it uses WiFi (built in interference causing stability/reliability issues), and the HUSBZB-1 uses an older chipset so should be avoided.

Finally, the ConBee range are fine with deCONZ, but experience with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT appears to be mixed.

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covert verge
twin bison
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Is there any way to be reasonably confident this https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003751247422.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.7cab3fa0I7e6kL&algo_pvid=7806d13c-f2c0-4989-a2e6-210c5f112f68&algo_exp_id=7806d13c-f2c0-4989-a2e6-210c5f112f68-59&pdp_ext_f={"sku_id"%3A"12000027039664119"}&pdp_pi=-1%3B15.4%3B-1%3B-1%40salePrice%3BUSD%3Bsearch-mainSearch would work with home assistant?

despite it not being on https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/supported-devices/
or https://zigbee.blakadder.com/index.html
list.

it says its communication is Zigbee 3.0, would that alone indicate it probably works? Or is there a good chance it just wouldn't work?

winged knoll
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Well, it'll work with one of the Zigbee integrations, yes

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Worst case you have to add that support

twin bison
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what does adding support entail exactly? is it just matter of figuring out what variables it's action info it reports?

winged knoll
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Depends on whether you use ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT

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Both document the process

fringe moon
# covert verge So let me know when you are doing it 🤩

Well, i have a led strip behind the bed that turns green if one of my daughters leaves her room after we have gone to bed, if she does it before we go to bed it mutes our media setup instead.
And I 3d printed a cube for my wife that shows my teams status at all times so she knows if I'm in meetings or not

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Other than that I use telegram for all my notifications

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Mail received, washer done, doorbell rings

toxic orbit
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I'm looking to set up 4 simple white LED strips that are all dimmable to light up my garage storage space/workstation. I've messed around with RGB strips a little bit but never strictly white, so not sure what I need to look for in a strip + what to use for a controller. If possible I want to be able to control it via zigbee or zwave. Trying to keep it relatively cheap if possible. Trying to look it up myself hasn't gotten me that far since I'm unsure what to look for and most things I can find are for rgb or wifi. Anyone have tips on which direction to go? (US btw)

winged knoll
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Gledopto do some nice Zigbee LED strip controllers

toxic orbit
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I'll give them a look, thx

gloomy sequoia
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z2m docs there indicate it exposes a binary for "vibration" but mine doesn't lol

twin bison
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Ok so I'm about to pull the trigger on buying these things to start out smart home journey with home assistant.

https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/ERS-10TZBVK-AA.html battery powered zigbee remote

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09KXTCMSC/ref=sw_img_1?smid=A2QBZNDSRNO1IV&th=1
zigbee dongle to control remotes.

https://www.amazon.com/Wyze-Color-Tunable-Google-Assistant/dp/B097C3VLLL/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3UUTLV2WJGKTJ&keywords=wyze%2Bcolor%2Bbulb&qid=1644095468&s=instant-video&sprefix=wyze%2Bcolor%2Bbulb%2Cinstant-video%2C69&sr=1-3&th=1
WIFI smart light.

If someone could look this over to help ensure I'm not about to make some costly mistake, it would be much appreciated.

winged knoll
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Did you check that the WiFi light is supported by HA?

twin bison
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good catch, I didn't check that.

winged knoll
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WiFi is ... more of a wild (wild) west. You're likely a lot better off just going Zigbee

covert verge
covert verge
bright jacinthBOT
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You can find his config lurking in the darkness.

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fringe moon
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It needs an update @covert verge

twin bison
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK0ZkzsVkKY&t=601s

this video talks about various smart bulbs and one of the categories he rates is special features, effect, etc.

but do these sorts of features matter when you plan to hook them up via home assistant? or are those features more related to individual brand specific controls of their own proprietary apps?

winged knoll
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Some of them do - things like transition time, colour range, and effects are local to the bulb

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But, if you buy Zigbee, life gets much simpler

twin bison
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unfortunately almost all the ZigBee bulbs in this video either underperform or perform well but don't keep track of the power on state. Considering these will be in my room I would really hate for the power to go out at night and then come back and causing my room to light up bright.

gloomy sequoia
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effects don't ever work for my sengled bulbs for some reason, even though they're exposed by z2m

winged knoll
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Hue are the gold standard

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Tradfri CCT bulbs are a close second

gloomy sequoia
winged knoll
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Yup

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Sengled are pretty good apparently, as are Innr

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Don't buy Osram

gloomy sequoia
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I really like my sengleds but they aren't routers

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just got two innrs which seem good so far

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just realized I haven't tried effects on them yet, but am away from home atm

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they are repeaters though and similarly priced to sengled

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they feel like not as high quality physically, imo

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but the colors are good and they work 🤷 lol

finite dock
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I've been buying sensors to try out. My first temperature sensor seems to work well but being a little thing with a CR2032, it only reports in every 15 minutes. If I'm thinking about converting my heating to HA, is that often enough? Are there any particular Zigbee or WiFi room sensors or thermostats that people recommend?

gloomy sequoia
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which sensors did you get?

winged knoll
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Xiaomi sensors are pretty awesome

gloomy sequoia
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and are you using them as home sensors? "what temp is it in here?"

gloomy sequoia
winged knoll
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I have a bunch of them - they're pretty solid sensors

gloomy sequoia
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their vibration ones I picked up, not sure how they're supposed to work exactly lol

finite dock
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Temperature sensors

gloomy sequoia
twin bison
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so for Philips I know they have a hue hub but I'm confused about what exactly this is used for and if is necessary at all when using home assistant. The integrations page for home assistant makes it sound like I might need the hub in order to control the Philips lights via home assistant.

is this true? if not what are the benefits to the hub?

gloomy sequoia
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you need a zigbee hub (also called coordinator)

winged knoll
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The benefits are ... you get locked into Hue

gloomy sequoia
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it doesn't necessarily need to be the hue hub

winged knoll
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For Zigbee devices, you need a Zigbee coordinator and either ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT

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No hubs need apply

gloomy sequoia
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I guess I use hub/coordinator kind of interchangeably

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dunno if that's technically correct

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I use a ZZH with Z2M

twin bison
winged knoll
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Yes, either

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And yes, they're "just" the software - the brains of it all

gloomy sequoia
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don't get the nortek one, that's all I know lol

gloomy sequoia
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so if HA is down/rebooting your stuff won't work

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z2m is separate

twin bison
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is z2m = Zigbee2MQTT or is that something else you're referring to?

gloomy sequoia
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just something to take into consideration

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zigbee2mqtt

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I prefer it from my experience, way easier to see what's happening in the network and debug if need be, since everything happens over your mqtt broker

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it has a pretty nice web UI too for if you ever need to get at it and HA isn't around

thick oriole
winged knoll
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No, but you can control things in the UI

thick oriole
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Yes

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For UI peasants

twin bison
digital oracle
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What are y'all using for light switches? Z wave?

plain wharf
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Can anyone recommend a good, reliable zwave outlet?

edgy geyser
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is there a good inovelli switch alternative out there, where the main toggle switch triggers automations instead of controlling power?

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would get inovelli's if they weren't forever backlogged

edgy geyser
digital oracle
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Gotcha, was more looking at brand.

edgy geyser
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Ah. I use Lutron Caseta and they're awesome for dumb lights. Haven't found a good option for controlling smart lights yet.

glossy prism
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That would be any tasmota smart switch/dimmer with the load bypassed connected to tasmota smart lights via device groups

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Game changer

empty nacelle
sudden moth
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Has anyone had any luck connecting a motion sensor (wired) to a Shelly device?

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I have a motion sensor for an outdoor light that I want to control a 24v LED strip (Shelly 1 with the dry contacts) but the motion sensor only outputs 75v when testing it with a volt meter and won't activate the switch input on the Shelly.

winged knoll
unborn vigil
proven girder
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What’s a good RGBW led strip that I can get that integrates nicely into HA? Australia/ any method of communication

winged knoll
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Gledopto Zigbee controller and your choice of strip

proven girder
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AliExpress for both?

winged knoll
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Sure

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Though, if you don't mind paying a bit more you may find them on Amazon too

proven girder
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Bit more looks to be double 😂

fringe moon
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Aussiezon

edgy geyser
tired pecan
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Is it right that an ESP32 has a lot of pull-up input pins? (I have now only Wemos D1 mini boards and they have according to me 2 pull-up ins)

winged knoll
tired pecan
empty nacelle
subtle flame
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Hello Team! I have an interesting question, maybe an electrician can help me. I have NO-NEUTRAL version of Sonoff Light Switches. I have 10 lamp, for 9 I added the anti-flickr module, so it was working fine, for the last one I didnt needed to add anti-flickr module because, it was working correctly without it, no flashing. that is a really old ball light in a storage with an E27 bulb inside.

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Now this E27 bulb is dead, and there is no more power in the switch. I tried two type of new bulb but none of them works with it. a 7W and a 2.5W, what can be the trick? what is the difference between the old and the new bulb?

proven girder
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Was the old bulb a halogen/ higher than 7w?

subtle flame
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it was a non-led old type one.

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I think that was the trick.

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the new ones I bought are LED ones.

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I think it was a 60W old type of bulb.

mossy glen
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since I'm unable to use Nest Protect for few years. I'm looking to replace it with Heatit Z-Smoke Detector 230V. Would that be the right choice for Home Assistant? - If so, do I have to install/setup Z-Wave JS add-on or not necessary? Or do you have any suggestion as I need something to allow it to flash my Lifx in case if there's smoke or fire. I'm Deaf so that's the very reason why I'd like to have that light flash feature to work.

winged knoll
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You'd need Z-Wave JS, yes

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Of course, anything you can integrate into HA works, since HA will be in charge of flashing the lights

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You could go Zigbee instead, if that's easier

mossy glen
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yea, i managed to get Ring doorbell to work with Lifx .. i'm happy with it. Just that Nest Protect have not been working for me for few years since google took over 😦

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Zigbee? hmm lemme check that out

winged knoll
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Of course, many smart smoke detectors are pretty terrible smoke detectors

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You're probably better off getting one with an interconnect, and tapping the interconnect

mossy glen
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heh yep, it's why i need to find the right one for me since I can't hear the siren

winged knoll
proven girder
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How come you can't use nest protect?

sharp apex
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@subtle flame shelly has a device like that, and they sell a "bypass"

proven girder
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Its more effort but you can link it through homebridge then to HA

winged knoll
mossy glen
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calmelb : how? - i'm willing to pay someone to do the work for me heh

sharp apex
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for cases when load is not large enough. It might work for your Sonoff

proven girder
mossy glen
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so i need apple product? i don't have apple - i'm android fan

proven girder
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No you don't need apple, homebridge puts out an apple homekit code, then homeassistant can integrate apple into that

mossy glen
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ok, i'm very new to this Home Assistant thing, i'd need more time to understand a bit more into this 😒

winged knoll
mossy glen
winged knoll
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That is for exposing HA's devices to HomeKit - you want to connect a HomeKit device (the Nest) to HA

mossy glen
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ok, i'll give it a try .. so no need for any apple product then? i.e. ipad/iphone/etc.. because i don't have any of those 🙂

winged knoll
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Probably not

mossy glen
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ok, just installed it and got 10 LIFX's showing up .. i'll figure it out the rest 🙂 thanks guys

distant mural
#

Are there any RF433 USB sticks I can plug directly into my RPi with HAOS installed and control them? If not, I'll go to #diy-archived to figure out how to create some ESPHome based or something. 🙂

midnight steeple
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I bought a teldus kit with motion sensors and smart plugs, are they intrinsically connected? I've been using them seperately but recently realised the motion sensor triggers the smart plug even though I have no automation like that in HA nor is anything showing in teldus live.

civic kraken
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Sounds unlikely unless you've paired them somehow? Test with just removing HA from the equation and see if it triggers or not.

I only have the most basic Telldus stick which would probably be fine for Angelusz if you can find them used (go for around 10-15€ here in Finland when seldom they are available)

raw gorge
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good afternoon! anyone has any experience with running two RFlink devices connected to one HA machine ?

civic kraken
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To have increased coverage?

thin otter
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I'm searching for a controller compatible with HA for a temperature controlled box. Does anyone have any ideas on what would work? Preferably the thermostat would turn on/off a plugged in heater and fan

raw gorge
civic kraken
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Oh interesting. Is that even legal?

raw gorge
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afaik, one rflink unit can only do one frequency (at least the ones from Nodo Shop)

raw gorge
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im just worried if i will be able to add the second box and still be able to set up a separate integration for it in HA

civic kraken
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I must be confused. As a double of 433 it probably is just fine. But do you need two devices for it?

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Or they come with one antenna only and there's no product with two?

raw gorge
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so basically right now im using one RFLink box for controlling Somfy blinds which are using 433MHz band. I also just bought a lovely weather station on 868MHz band and would love to make it talk to HA

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obviously its a completely different frequency, so will need another RFLink box, this one tuned to 868MHz band

civic kraken
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Yeah ofc. I'm just surprised there isn't an option with both. As you can see I don't have any idea about these, but do you have old devices that use both of these or why are you looking into these two specifically?

raw gorge
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actually, correction - the one i need for weather station is 433.92MHz

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(just checked)

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433.42MHz is a freq specific for Somfy controllers (i have blinds made by them) and i just bought a device which communicates over 433.92MHz (thats a more standard 433MHz freq)

civic kraken
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433 is a pretty common older standard. I've never seen anyone here use the 868. Both just kinda suck compared to newer alternatives like zigbee

raw gorge
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yeah, i know, but there is lots and lots of devices which still use them and quite often they dont have a Zigbee or Zwave alternative

thick oriole
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Yeah my jaro lift blinds too, and thus i cannot control them through HA

queen mauve
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Anyone can help me create Automation with swiche? on for 1H off for 1H from 10:00 to 05:00

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?

winged knoll
raw gorge
thick oriole
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It is possible to connect them, even if you have to reverse engineer their manufacture code (for encryption, what has already be done). But then after a time, as i understood, the remote isnt working anymore and im living in a rental apartment and i do not want to break things 😅

sinful wolf
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Does anyone know of a Smoke/CO2 Detector I can get in the US that works no LAN (IE no cloud required? though I'm ok if it does both)

winged knoll
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Zigbee or Z-Wave ones

sinful wolf
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Yea I have zigbee2mqtt setup, but all the supported ones are in other language stores, cant find any on amazon or anything

winged knoll
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AliExpress

fringe moon
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AliExpress Xiaomi Honeywell is great

sinful wolf
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Xiaomi JTYJ-GD-01LM ?

slender snow
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Someone knows where i can get xiaomi aqara motion sensor for cheap

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I tought first they where 10 dollars

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Now they are 16

raw gorge
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On another subject, has anyone managed to find a keypad with arm-home/arm-away/disarm functionality which works with zigbee2mqtt or zwave2mqtt ?

sinful wolf
winged knoll
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They're Z-Wave

sinful wolf
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aaah, yea I don't have any z-wave stuff yet

raw gorge
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Ahh I see. Unfortunately zwave is a standard to go for this kind of sensors

winged knoll
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Zigbee are cheaper 😄

rain wave
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I have a weird one. Well, I think it's weird, I'm not new to home automation, but I'm only about 2 weeks into HA, so....

I have some Wyze color bulbs. They're added in. I can't control them in HA (even though it appears as though I should be able to), but they report status updates to HA if I change color or turn on/off. Any ideas on this one?

hushed quest
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Is it possible to light a led connected to the gpio pins on the raspberry as soon as i arm my alarm system?

peak talon
peak talon
rain wave
# peak talon How did you add in? Via integration? If yes, then go to configuration -> device ...

Oh, I see the entities. They’re there. I can add to Lovelace. If I use the Wyze app to change colors or turn off, HA updates the status on their end (eventually). But, if I attempt to control….Nothing. Lovelace will say they were controlled, but they weren’t. Trying some more testing it appears if I try to change state in HA, HA will continue to believe it is in that state until you change it otherwise. Maybe. Honestly I’m not sure what the poll time is on this.

peak talon
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Check the logs to see what errors are coming when controlling from HA

winged knoll
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Sounds like a communication problem between HA and the bulbs. The #integrations-archived channel is the best place to troubleshoot that, but it'll help (a lot) to know which integration you're using

rain wave
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The JoshuaMulliken one

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Lemme check logs

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So should I just move this over there?

winged knoll
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Yup (read the channel topic here - top of the window)

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Do see the pinned message there on troubleshooting though

rain wave
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Gotcha. I’m bad about reading pins and I’m still new enough that I wouldn’t be sure where the problem is. I’ll move it there. Thank you.

sharp apex
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Hi! I am at the moment running HaOS on a Zotac mini PC similar to a NUC (had it lying around). I suspect it is somewhat overpowered. Is there a way to find out if a RPi4 would suffice without feeling noticeably slower, without reinstalling? Reaction time of my devices probably is more radio interface limited than CPU, but is there some metric to determine e.g. how many events per second my installation can handle now?

winged knoll
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If you're switching to a Pi4 then you need to use a powered USB hub and an SSD

sharp apex
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Not sure about the powered hub, but yes, a SSD certainly. I've been running an Pi4 as a router like this for years now, on the official Pi4 power supply (that puts out 5.1V or something) and it is rock solid.

winged knoll
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Well, you need the hub to be ensure you'll avoid power issues

sharp apex
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I'll see. On my router I've got a gigabit Ethernet dongle, and the SSD (WD Passport) and it works just fine. Has for years. But yes, I intend to add a Zigbee dongle, that could take more power than the USB Ethernet.

winged knoll
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HAOS also tends to stress Pis more than many other installs - I've seen a lot of but my power suppply was fine with distro X posts

sharp apex
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I had hubs in use during the Pi1 and Pi2 days, the cabling is a mess ;)

winged knoll
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Personally I'd stay with the NUC - having gone from a Pi3 to a PC (8 year old i5 laptop) the difference was night and day

sharp apex
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But thank you, consider me warned, with the slightest problem I will go hubbed again ;)

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Only in Web frontend or with eg light reaction times too?

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It is the latter that bothers me most, when I switch on groups and the light up with a second delay. Most probably Zigbee's fault though.

winged knoll
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Everything

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A second delay however... that's not normal (except on 2022.2 where nested groups seem to have a bug)

sharp apex
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Maybe it is half a second, have not timed it. It is noticeable.

winged knoll
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It'll be worse on a Pi4 than on a NUC, but you need to troubleshoot that delay

sharp apex
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Yes. I will. For now I am adding stuff, performance comes next.

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Because adding zb routers and access points for WiFi will affect that anyway (for better or worse).

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I've still got devices dropping out at the periphery, want to fix that first.

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Is there a site showing (in an anonymized way) how many devices/entities people are running? I find the number of installations of various integrations so helpful, because it helps to avoid the exotic stuff. Seeing other peoples number of devices would be just as cool.

winged knoll
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No, that kind of data isn't reported

sharp apex
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Ah, OK

winged knoll
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People get wound up enough over the existing analytics

sharp apex
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Ok, does not bother me in the slightest. But then I run popularity contest on all my Debian hosts.

thick oriole
bright jacinthBOT
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@clear plover Please DO NOT cross post. Read the channel description, post it and wait for folks to respond. Crossposting wastes people's time as they're unaware of the help you're getting elsewhere.

If you don't get any responses after an hour or more, and your message is no longer on screen, it is fine to re-post or post a link to it.

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hushed quest
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Can anyone recommend me a Alarm System to use with ha? I already bought some aqara door sensors

quartz root
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My RPI-4 with HA Supervised in the last period start to crash, and happen even more frequently, now almost every day

When it crash it disappear from the LAN Networks as well, so only way to reboot is to switch off/on the main supply power.

On HA Logs i don't see any errors after reboot.

Possible SD worn off?

Any idea how to investigate the problem?

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(it was running for 1+ years without problems, and no modifications has been done recently

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It is connected with ETH cable

fringe moon
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Time to move to a proper installation method and proper storage then

winged knoll
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If it's really Supervised, then #330944238910963714 can help - but check for signs of SD card failure

sharp stirrup
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I reply to myself for update of my choice. I didn't go for a NAS , I choose NiGoPi 8/256SSD instead . No problem of performance and i could think about creation od NextCloud Instance. Better choic and cheeper than Synology. Any comment ?

fringe moon
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It's a misleading name

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But looks to be a offbrand nuc style

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Better than a pi

warped lotus
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can someone recommend a solid WLED-compatible LED strip + controller? I want to replace the dumb one I have behind my monitor, and I'm feeling overwhelmed by the list of options. :>

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all I know is that I want RGB and WLED-capable

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EU-friendly source would be nice, but not necessary

fringe moon
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Any esp8266 or esp32 board plus whatever LEDs have the features you want

warped lotus
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see, yes, that's exactly what I know right now, but that's still far from "and you can click here to purchase" :D

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I've looked at WLED's project pages examples, and good half of those is "oh, made this over weekend, just solder that together"

fringe moon
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D1minis are what I usually use

warped lotus
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and I'm not good with the soldering gun :>

fringe moon
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With ws2812 leds

warped lotus
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thanks :>

supple orchid
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hi, which vacuum cleaner should i buy, maybe from xiaomi?

fringe moon
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Yes

quartz root
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i saw also the new Vacuum robot Samsung with integrated cctv camera its nice, i saw some YT reviews, saying its very smart

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but, high price

supple orchid
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hm, i'm ready to spend ~400

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I've one, but he forgets where is his charging station and I don't wan't play everytime hide'n'seek

quartz root
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i dont have one..

strong rune
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Hello everyone, I'm trying to wire a Shelly1v3 and wondering if the neuter and phase can be taken from any outlet and not only from the one I'm working with..

winged knoll
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Country?

strong rune
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Italy!

winged knoll
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You really shouldn't take it from another outlet on a different circuit - that would be a Bad Thing

strong rune
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thank you!

supple orchid
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isn't it potential-free the I O sockets`?

topaz sand
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Hey, I think I may have made a mistake but wanted to get your take; I've got an existing old Honeywell (Lynx) security panel and impulsively bought an AlarmDecoder Pi-Hat. What I didn't realize is that it isn't actually compatible with my particular panel. Is it difficult to swap panels or should I just return the AlarmDecoder?

supple orchid
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I've bought now the Roborock S6 MaxV. I hope, I didn't made a mistake .-.

fringe moon
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It should be good

midnight steeple
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I've got two vacuums that constantly flip between working and not with each passing update. Currently neither work where as before the config flow changes they both worked just fine.

crimson field
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Anyone know if it is possible to get hold on a HA blue case for odroid? 300€ from Bauman is a bit much for a case, even if it is very good looking case.

jovial pulsar
lime acorn
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I'm running HA from a PI4 and am looking for a zwave antenna that is as simple as the Zigbee one I picked up from Sonoff. Does anything like this exist? https://de.aliexpress.com/item/4000822997596.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2deu&aff_fcid=bb769dd5eead4a439a71d58ca5312a12-1644276526617-07168-_dTyeapN&aff_fsk=_dTyeapN&aff_platform=shareComponent-detail&sk=_dTyeapN&aff_trace_key=bb769dd5eead4a439a71d58ca5312a12-1644276526617-07168-_dTyeapN&terminal_id=cc78837ffce943738f8c98d208f30356 Its that Zigbee CC2531 USB Dongle

proven girder
lime acorn
bright jacinthBOT
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@lime acorn Buy something CC2652 based. This list is a good one, both Tube and Electrolama have been proven to have excellent customer service. The current generation of EZSP sticks (see here for some) are also a good choice for ZHA.

Anything CC2530 or CC2531 based should be avoided - they're old, slow, and only suitable for a dozen or so devices. The Sonoff ZBbridge isn't advised since it uses WiFi (built in interference causing stability/reliability issues), and the HUSBZB-1 uses an older chipset so should be avoided.

Finally, the ConBee range are fine with deCONZ, but experience with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT appears to be mixed.

Command '~pickyourstick' was invoked by: calmelb
vernal heart
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I have Hue (via the Hue hub) already and just started adding Sonoff zigbee devices as well, but running off the zigbee 3.0 dongle plus. I didn't realize Hue was also zigbee. Do I need to transition off the Hue hub so I only have one zigbee controller?

obtuse raven
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You don't need to, but it makes things a lot easier to manage 🙂

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Considering the Hue lights aren't acting as routers in your second network currently 😄

thick oriole
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Would improve the mesh, and you do not have to bother as much about a free zigbee channel (Interference with Wlan)

worn meadow
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Are there any decent zigbee remotes that fit in a standard light switch mount? I'm thinking like Lutron's Pico remotes but running on zigbee. Us based.

vernal heart
# thick oriole Would improve the mesh, and you do not have to bother as much about a free zigbe...

@obtuse raven That's kind of what I was thinking, it would make it easier to manage. And also improve the mesh which is really what I'm looking for as well as I'm having spotty behavior on my sonoff stuff, but hue works perfect. I'm not quite sure if it's wifi interference yet or not, but I noticed the signal is not going very far (like can't make it into the next room over)

Can I repurpose the Hue hub to act as a repeater somehow?

winged knoll
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Can I repurpose the Hue hub to act as a repeater somehow?
No, you can't

vernal heart
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Ok Oh well, guess I'll stick with my MINIZBs as repeaters then

candid lily
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hi guys noob question, im looking to put in some smart switches/relays in my home , problem is 1) i dont have a neutral wire and 2) one switch in the kitchen controls like 5 ceiling lights and a couple of cabinet lights. Im trying to find a solution which is uniform across all so i dont have to change switches in one place and add relays at another , not sure if relays will work at all in the kitchen setup so maybe smart switches is the best way to go ?

winged knoll
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You can get modules that sit between your existing switch and the light

candid lily
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ahh ok will need to look at these thanks, see how they can be fitted in

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these ones from ubisys need a neutral again though dont they

winged knoll
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That's just one example, there's a huge range of options in that style

candid lily
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ok thanks let me do some more digging

thick oriole
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Other solution: hue wall switch + smart lights

analog oar
celest lake
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So i'm running Hass.os on a RPI4 . I had trouble with huge IO/Wait (>50%, even when all was more or less idle) on the SD Card - so i plugged in an USB stick, moved the data partion to it and all was fine.

This was some time in december.

Now that USB Stick (sandisk ultra flair USB3.0) is trashed to death - it activated write protect.

Was i unlucky/got counterfeit?

Or is there a problem with using an USB stick for data and i should get something else?

gentle fossil
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use a ssd

celest lake
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usb=>Sata m2 ssd?

gentle fossil
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yes

celest lake
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thanks, somehow thought this might be the solution

undone sun
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Hi, I am new to the world of HA. I have recently bought a light switch. Interestingly integrated it into HA. Now when I use the switch manually it shows that it is on and off on the HA app. However when I try to toggle it on the app, it doesn’t seem to work. I tried searching the net and reconnecting the device. Works for a day and again goes back to the problem. Any suggestions on what I am missing

fringe moon
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It would really help with any inkling of a name of said switch

undone sun
fringe moon
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So, that is ZigBee, how are you integrating it into ha?

undone sun
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I am using a CC2531 stick connected to my PI4

fringe moon
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So not great, it is known to lockup, and if that is your only ZigBee device the signal strength might be terrible

bright jacinthBOT
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Buy something CC2652 based. This list is a good one, both Tube and Electrolama have been proven to have excellent customer service. The current generation of EZSP sticks (see here for some) are also a good choice for ZHA.

Anything CC2530 or CC2531 based should be avoided - they're old, slow, and only suitable for a dozen or so devices. The Sonoff ZBbridge isn't advised since it uses WiFi (built in interference causing stability/reliability issues), and the HUSBZB-1 uses an older chipset so should be avoided.

Finally, the ConBee range are fine with deCONZ, but experience with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT appears to be mixed.

Command '.pickyourstick' was invoked by: atxbyea
undone sun
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Ok. Is the issue then in the stick. If I am able to change will it perform better

fringe moon
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You should have routers (bulbs outlets) to create a mesh unless you are living in 25m²

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Also, Tuya products are known to be . Not always reliable

undone sun
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Thanks. This gives some information to consider the next steps. Thanks a ton

fringe moon
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Ikea tradfri are great value

empty mason
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Hey. I just moved into a new house and I would like to smart it up properly. In my previous house I had the regular wall switches taped over only to be used if I needed to pair my bulbs that it controls. However I would like to replace my wall switches with something along the lines of https://www.aqara.com/en/single_switch_T1_with-neutral.html i.e. switches that can be placed in the socket.

However this switch (as far as I have discovered) cuts the power to the bulb when I press the physical switch regardless. In some cases that is good if it is a "dumb" light that is behind the switch, but in most cases I would just like to have it working as a "wireless switch", meaning it should only register a click but not change the relay.

By the looks of it https://inovelli.com/products/switches/ can do this, but again they cannot be put in the wall socket and be retrofitted.

Do any one in here know a product that can be fit inside the wall socket that can be used as a retrofitted wireless switch?

fringe moon
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Shelly's are popular

empty mason
boreal oar
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anyone gone totally DIY on a thermostat?

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Interested to hear your opinion on your choices

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And if/how you retained manual operational controls

tepid heart
thin otter
analog oar
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I do serach a good room-sensor for my heating automatisation.
Should have:

  • humidity sensor
  • Temperature Sensor
  • buttons / wheel to adjust themperature
  • powerd by battery (to be able to place it everywhere)
sharp apex
fringe moon
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what are you wanting to automate ?

sharp apex
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for "washing machine is still running", "door downstairs is open" and similar low priority signals

valid spindle
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I'll admit that device is an "outside the box" innovation but I would prefer a smart plug, connected to my mesh system of choice

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Especially if you plan to put it on top of a random USB charger.

fringe moon
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I would just do a ESP01 with a single WS2812 led

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that is always "on"

sharp apex
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At the moment I've got 4 230V Lights on smartplugs, and it is good an nice, but it does not scale. Even if you can hide smartplugs behind furniture, 4 smartplugs take a lot of space already (cannot put them next to eachother in power strips). I know there are smart power strips, but they have their own problems (tuya based).

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atxbyea: that is plan b

fringe moon
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or a D1mini with x amount of LEDs

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and a nice 3d printed case